Getting Started On Top Traders Unplugged

Regardless of the investment strategy that you apply to the markets, your strategy or approach needs to evolve over time. The way we did Trend Following back in the 1970s, 1980s, & 1990s is not exactly the way we do it today, and I think this can be said about most, if not all strategies. Now…

“Over the years, I have allocated to a lot of short term CTAs… but due to the alpha decay factor to short-term models, not really made any money from it.” – John Fidler (Tweet) Welcome to Top Traders Round Table, a podcast series on managed futures brought to you by CME Group. On today’s episode,…

April saw conflicting headlines over the future of trend following, but what the media did not focus on so much…is the failing of the stock and bond markets to “survive” without artificial life support.

As equities surge to all-time highs, volatility has all but vanished. Investors are betting the calm will last, shorting the CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, at rates not seen in at least 15 years.

I often see the press write that too much money is chasing the same trends, and this being the reason that Trend Following strategies have been performing a little under par in the last few years. So who better to ask if this really is true, than my friend Kathryn Kaminski, who of course co-wrote the…

“Not all managed future strategies are created equal.” – John Fidler (Tweet) Welcome to Top Traders Round Table, a podcast series on managed futures brought to you by CME Group. On today’s episode, guest host Ranjan Bhaduri speaks with John Fidler, Senior VP and Director of Alternative Investments at Commonwealth Bank and Trust, Christopher Vogt,…

For those of us who have been on the manager side for a while, you’ll know that investors love to analyse decades of performance data before deciding which manager they are going to invest with, and that makes a lot of sense. But we also come across investors who subsequently redeem based on just a…

Kathryn Kaminski is one of my favorite people to discuss Trend Following with, because she has a great way of simplifying and explaining some of the key concepts of the strategy. Today, we talk about the phrase Crisis Alpha, and how it may be better to think about these strategies as Divergent strategies, because in…

Often, a Trend following strategy is described as being a ‘Black Box’, as if something bad was going on. So it was refreshing to hear Scott Foster talk about Trend Following as being in fact, a ‘White Box’, or a ‘Transparent Box’, in comparison to other algorithmic strategies, which are often embraced by investors to…

“This is where the populism intercedes with the market risks. I think people look at these risks as independent risks, so they’re not looking at them and how they interrelate with the ecosystem of financial products, as well.” – Chris Cole (Tweet) Welcome to Top Traders Round Table, a podcast series on managed futures…

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Absolute Gold

03/23/2019What do you get when you put a Dane, a German and an American in one show? Only the absolute greatest investment podcast out there. I can’t even begin to express how much I love The Systematic Investor portion of TTU, and of how much I’ve learned from these three great minds. Thank you for doing this podcast.

by Trucker JohnZ from United States

Good insights!

03/17/2019The team provides excellent insights into the world of trend following.

by London Millennial from United Kingdom

Incredible Insight!

03/09/2019Great podcast. As a private Investor / Trader- listening to professionals give advice and encouragement is absolutley priceless. Trying to beat the market, and the large institutionals, with the talent they employ, is difficult, and when you do, you question how long it will last. But as a trend follower- listening to Niels, Moritz and Jerry, gives me the "suppport" group that I need to keep plugging away during draw downs. Keep it up, and thank you! ORT!

by Occams_Razor_Trader from United States

Review

02/14/2019Best episode yet!! Keep up the great work.

by Trickill from United States

Great podcast

02/05/2019I recently started listening to the podcast. This is excellent. If you enjoy investing podcasts, or are interested in trend following / alternative investments you will probably like this.

by Otis7#pp from United States

The BEST systematic/trend following resource

01/28/2019Are you seeking information and transparency? Do you value simplicity and honesty? Do you want to learn about risk and money management? Are you interested in alternative investment strategies and long-term capital growth? You will learn this and much more with this podcast through the lens of trend following and systematic investing. Start with episode 1 back in 2014 and work your way through. It’s impossible you won’t learn something useful and applicable.

by SamGoBlue from United States

Mission

The goal of Top Traders Unplugged is to democratize the hedge fund industry, by providing easy access to the most successful managers and traders while simultaneously giving small and emerging managers a chance to be heard.